Spinach hybrid svvb2740 and parents thereof

Abstract

The invention provides seeds and plants of spinach hybrid SVVB2740 and spinach line MSA-S018-1288F. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of spinach hybrid SVVB2740 and spinach line MSA-S018-1288F and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a spinach plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of spinach hybrid SVVB2740 and spinach line MSA-S018-1288F comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A spinach plant comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of spinach line MSA-S018-1288F, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202303014. 
     
     
         2 . A spinach seed that produces the plant of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         3 . The plant of  claim 1 , wherein the plant is a plant of said spinach line MSA-S018-1288F. 
     
     
         4 . The plant of  claim 1 , wherein the plant is a plant of spinach hybrid SVVB2740. 
     
     
         5 . The seed of  claim 2 , wherein the seed is a seed of said spinach line MSA-S018-1288F. 
     
     
         6 . The seed of  claim 2 , wherein the seed is a seed of spinach hybrid SVVB2740. 
     
     
         7 . A plant part of the plant of  claim 1 , wherein the plant part comprises a cell of said plant. 
     
     
         8 . A spinach plant having all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of the plant of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         9 . A tissue culture of regenerable cells of the plant of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         10 . A method of vegetatively propagating the plant of  claim 1 , the method comprising the steps of:
 (a) collecting tissue capable of being propagated from the plant of  claim 1 ; and   (b) propagating a spinach plant from said tissue.   
     
     
         11 . A method of introducing a trait into a spinach line, the method comprising:
 (a) utilizing as a recurrent parent the plant of  claim 1  by crossing said plant with a donor plant that comprises a trait to produce F 1  progeny;   (b) selecting an F 1  progeny that comprises the trait;   (c) backcrossing the selected F 1  progeny with a plant of the same line used as the recurrent parent in step (a) to produce backcross progeny;   (d) selecting a backcross progeny comprising the trait and otherwise comprising the morphological and physiological characteristics of the recurrent parent line used in step (a); and   (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times to produce a selected fourth or higher backcross progeny.   
     
     
         12 . A spinach plant produced by the method of  claim 11 . 
     
     
         13 . A method of producing a spinach plant comprising an added trait, the method comprising introducing a transgene conferring the trait into the plant of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         14 . A spinach plant produced by the method of  claim 13 . 
     
     
         15 . A spinach plant comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of spinach line MSA-S018-1288F, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202303014, further comprising a transgene. 
     
     
         16 . The plant of  claim 15 , wherein the transgene confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, environmental stress tolerance, modified carbohydrate metabolism, and modified protein metabolism. 
     
     
         17 . A spinach plant comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of spinach line MSA-S018-1288F, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202303014, further comprising a single locus conversion. 
     
     
         18 . The plant of  claim 17 , wherein the single locus conversion confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, environmental stress tolerance, modified carbohydrate metabolism, and modified protein metabolism. 
     
     
         19 . A method for producing a seed of a spinach plant derived from at least one of spinach hybrid SVVB2740 or spinach line MSA-S018-1288F, the method comprising the steps of:
 (a) crossing the plant of  claim 1  with itself or a different spinach plant; and   (b) allowing a seed of a spinach hybrid SVVB2740- or spinach line MSA-S018-1288F-derived spinach plant to form.   
     
     
         20 . A method of producing a seed of a spinach hybrid SVVB2740- or spinach line MSA-S018-1288F-derived spinach plant, the method comprising the steps of:
 (a) producing a spinach hybrid SVVB2740- or spinach line MSA-S018-1288F-derived spinach plant from a seed produced by crossing the plant of  claim 1  with itself or a different spinach plant; and   (b) crossing the spinach hybrid SVVB2740- or spinach line MSA-S018-1288F-derived spinach plant with itself or a different spinach plant to obtain a seed of a further spinach hybrid SVVB2740- or spinach line MSA-S018-1288F-derived spinach plant.   
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , the method further comprising repeating said producing and crossing steps of (a) and (b) using the seed from said step (b) for producing the plant according to step (a) for at least one generation to produce a seed of an additional spinach hybrid SVVB2740- or spinach line MSA-S018-1288F-derived spinach plant. 
     
     
         22 . A method of producing food, the method comprising:
 (a) obtaining the plant of  claim 1 , wherein the plant has been cultivated to maturity; and   (b) collecting a plant part capable of being used as food from said plant.   
     
     
         23 . A method of determining the genotype of the plant of  claim 1  or a progeny plant thereof, or a part thereof, the method comprising detecting at least a first polymorphism in a sample of nucleic acids from said plant or part thereof. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein said detecting comprises DNA sequencing or genetic marker analysis. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 23 , the method further comprising storing the results of said detecting on a computer readable medium or transmitting the results of the detecting.